Does It Really Matter What The Truth Is?

Answer 1

Not if in the end you can make the one you care for feel special.

Thank you.

I have been dragging my feet for days looking for this question, and that is the truth.

33,333 is yours as it always should have been.

and the answer in case anyone missed it was "No."

Answer 2

What is truth?

Depending upon who you ask today, the question "What is Truth" will get you very different answers and, perhaps, lead to even more questions. Here are some current thoughts on truth:

There is No Absolute Truth.

But wait a minute! This statement is making an absolute claim to truth. It defeats its own claim.

Truth is Relative.

Does that include the statement that truth is relative? It would have to, making this statement invalid since no claim to truth can be made by this statement, including the claim that truth is relative.

You have Your Truth and I have My Truth.

And if your truth and my truth are in conflict, what do we have? Can there be conflicting truths? If so, then how do you determine what is valid? If my truth is that there is no God, and your truth is that there is a God, does that really effect whether there is a God or not? Saying that we each have our own truth may make us comfortable but we would have to not care about truth to say this, because no matter what my experience or your experience tells us, the truth exists as it is.

Truth is within You.

Seek truth within yourself and you are back to what your experience tells you or to what you want to be the truth. Your perception may affect you and be true to what you want to believe, but it does not affect what the truth really is. Your experience and belief could be telling you that something false is true.

So what is Truth?

If you're tired of wondering or of playing these mind games, consider that maybe truth is not all that complex. Maybe it is something a child can grasp. Maybe truth is a person. The God-Man Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)

Will you be like Pilate, who asked "What is truth?" (John 18:38) right after Jesus said to him, "And I came to bring truth to the world. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true," (John 18:37b)?

Or will you be like the Roman officer who saw Jesus die on the cross and said, "Truly, this was the Son of God!" (Mark 15:39)

As Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, " (John 11:25) and "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved; and shall go in and out, and find pasture," (John 10:9).

Answer 3

Yes. I think the truth should matter to you a 100%.

Answer 4

Hell Yes! I know we have difficult times differentiating what is truth and what is just our assumptions. Then again we all live in our own little worlds which in our minds are completely concrete factual evidence, but, when outsiders look at it, seem more toward the gray area. I think that most of this is due to the human desire to exaggerate the good points and hide some of the bad points. But when it all comes down to the "gold and chaff" what's burned off and what remains, rarely looks like the description we ourselves have given. However, I always expect these exaggerations, and expect people to hide their bad points. It's their right. Unlike the tabloids boast, the people do "not" have a right to know, but the people have the right "not" to tell!

Answer 5

Yes, the truth is absolutly important, if you want to be happy for real reasons. You will always be selling yourself short by living a life that is not authentic. Delusion can only keep you happy for a limited time (although it can make you very happy in that time and isn't always the worste thing) but nothing you convince yourself of is ever as beautiful as reality. It is good to have dreams and there is never any reason to limit yourself in your mind. You just have to know when to face the music:)

Answer 6

To whom? Truth is subjective, which means you have your truth and I have mine. Does your truth really matter to me? Depends on who you are, but it usually does because it notably impacts how well we'll get along together.

Answer 7

there is no truth other than what you believe as truth - nothing else matters

Answer 8

I think truth always matters, although people don't always want to hear, nor are they always receptive to, the truth.

Answer 9

yes. it's what seperates us from deception and lies. In life, you wouldn't want manipulation and deception in people's hearts. more straight forward, police officers need the truth to punish the ones who deserve punishment.

Answer 10

Yes!! The truth will set you free!!! :@)